We built the week we couldn't find.
We weren't complete beginners. We weren't advanced either. For a long time we thought we were intermediates, until we worked out we weren't quite that either. Somewhere in the middle, plenty still to learn, and not many places set up to actually teach it.
So we built our own week. Tailored to your level, in places we love, with the people who know those places inside out. We lived at the end of a dirt road in Costa Rica for almost three years, and most of this comes from there.
View dates & prices →Our surf retreats
Small groups, all-inclusive, in the places we keep going back to. Pick a week, or ask us about your own.
Costa Rica Surf Retreat
Pavones. A kilometre of left, no wetsuit required.
The end of the road in southern Costa Rica. Warm water from sunrise, jungle behind the house, and a wave that keeps going long after you expected it to stop. Days here run on horses, boats and long dinners.
Pick this one if you want warm water and no wetsuit, jungle at your door, and a week genuinely far from everything. It's a long way to get there. That's the point.
- 8 days, 7 nights
- Max 10 guests
- 1 coach per 2 surfers
- All levels
$2,749From $2,549p.p.
Portugal Surf Retreat
Sintra coast. Wild Atlantic, with Lisbon around the corner.
Cliffs, pine forest and a coastline that picks up almost every swell. Sunset sessions, tuktuk explorations through Lisbon, long tables and food worth staying at them for.
Pick this one if you love adventure, don't mind a wetsuit, want a proper reset in nature, and a taste of Lisbon while you're at it.
- 8 days, 7 nights
- Small group
- 1 coach per 2 surfers
- All levels
Price on request
Dates for 2027 are close. Leave your email and you'll hear before they go public.
No platform, no middleman, no call centre. You're talking to the two people who run the week.
We confirm availability within 24 to 48 hours. Payment only comes up after that.
A 50% deposit holds your spot. The rest is due 60 days before you fly.
Our cancellation terms are short, in writing, and shared before you pay anything.
Own group, own dates? From six people we run the whole week privately, in these places or somewhere else entirely. That's a tailor-made trip, or bespoke for teams and brands.
Surf at the centre. Everything around it just as considered.
The waves are why you come. The food, the adventures and the hours in between are what make the week work.
The surf
Daily sessions with local coaches, two surfers per coach at most, at whichever spot is working that day. Drone video analysis is part of every week.
The food
Three meals a day, fresh and wholesome, cooked by people who live here. It's the fuel for everything else you're doing, and it's the reason the table stays full long after the plates are empty. Ten people who arrived as strangers, eating together every night.
The adventures
Horses, boats, waterfalls, tuktuks, turtles in season. You came a long way. You should see more than the lineup.
The rest
Yoga in the afternoon, a massage for shoulders that earned it, and hours where nothing at all is planned.
A handful of weeks a year.
That's the whole model.
We could run twenty weeks a year. We'd have to hand them to staff, and then you'd be booking a product instead of a week with us. So we don't. We're both there, all seven days, every retreat. Two people can only be in one place at a time, and that's the entire reason there aren't more of them.
The same goes for the people you'll meet. Every destination is built around locals we've known for years. They coach, they cook, they take you into the hills, and they eat at the same table as you. By the end of the week you're not really a guest anymore.
A small group around one table for a week turns into something. A big one never would.
What a day looks like
No two days are identical, because the swell has opinions. This is roughly how a week in Pavones goes. Portugal runs to the same rhythm, with a wetsuit and a different view.
- 06:15
First light, first session
Coffee on the deck, boards on the roof, in the water before anyone else has found the place.
- 09:00
Breakfast
Gallo pinto, fruit from the garden, homemade bread, and more coffee than is strictly necessary.
- 11:00
Video analysis
We film the morning session and go through it together. This is where most of the progress actually happens.
- 13:30
Lunch at one long table
Fresh, local, and enough of it. Followed by the slowest hour of the day.
- 14:30
The afternoon
Some days that's horses into the mountains or a boat across the gulf. Other days it's a hammock and a book. Both count.
- 16:00
Yoga as the heat drops
On a deck surrounded by jungle. Shoulders, hips, and everything else that has been paddling since sunrise.
- 18:30
Dinner, then whatever happens
It usually runs late. Nobody has ever complained about that.
You arrive. We've done the rest.
One price. You book a flight, we take care of everything from the airport onwards.
- ✓7 nights in a place we'd book ourselves, ensuite rooms
- ✓Daily surf sessions with local coaches, split by level
- ✓Drone video analysis, included every week, not an extra
- ✓Boards and a theory class
- ✓Daily yoga, tuned to surfers' bodies
- ✓All meals, fresh and wholesome. Dietary wishes are no problem
- ✓Local adventures off the water, different in every destination
- ✓One massage, because your shoulders will ask for it
- ✓Transfers from the nearest airport and every drive to the surf
The adventures change per place. Costa Rica means horses into the mountains and a boat across the gulf. Portugal leans towards tuktuks, Lisbon and sunset picnics. The full list is on each retreat page.
The right wave for your level, every day.
One price, from the airport onwards.
"If you're browsing the internet for a surf retreat, you can stop now."Karah · United States
Who these retreats are for
We keep it small on purpose. It suits some people better than others.
- ✓You want to surf, and also switch off and reconnect.
- ✓You'd rather a small group than a big crowd.
- ✓You're coming solo, as a pair, or with a few friends. All of it works.
- ✓You want coaching that meets you where you are, whatever your level.
- ✓You care as much about dinner as about the session before it.
- ✓You'd like to get to know a place beyond its waves.
Probably not, if
- ✗You're after a party hostel with a foam pit.
- ✗You want room service and a concierge.
- ✗You need every hour locked in before you fly.
- ✗You'd rather surf a famous break with sixty people on it.
- ✗You're looking for the cheapest week you can find.
Coming with your own group? A private retreat on your own dates is possible from six people.
Don't take our word for it
I really loved how the whole retreat was organized. We had a mix of surfing, yoga, horse riding, boat adventure and free / relax time. I learned a lot from our surf teachers, they were amazing! I like that the group was not big so it was like a small family for a week.
The retreat was extremely well organized and we ate amazing food with newly made friends. They even helped me celebrate my birthday by decorating the house and making me an ice cream cake. We would absolutely love to join another retreat.
At arrival Marthe and Jonne made me feel at home right away. The accommodation was nothing but magic. I came to crank up my surf skills and caught some awesome waves, and the horseback riding through the jungle was kind of liberating.
Questions people ask us
The honest answers, before you have to ask.
How do I get there?
Which surf level is this retreat for?
What about food and dietary restrictions?
How does payment work?
Can I come on my own?
What if the waves are flat?
What if I don't want to surf every day?
Can we book a private retreat on our own dates?
Why are there only a few retreats a year?
Still wondering something? Ask us directly on WhatsApp. We answer ourselves, usually the same day.
Three other ways to travel with us
The retreat weeks are fixed. Everything else bends around you.
Ready-to-Book
Designed already. Pick your dates and go.
The structure of a retreat, without the fixed group.
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Tailor-Made
You dream it. We plan it. You go.
Your stay, your coast, your pace. Costa Rica, Portugal, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, wherever you're drawn to. Solo, couples, families and friend groups, any level.
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Bespoke
You bring the group. We handle the rest.
Surf led trips for teams, brands and federations.
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We'll find the trip.
A retreat in Costa Rica, a week in Portugal, or something built from scratch in Sri Lanka, Indonesia or wherever you have in mind. Tell us who's coming and roughly when, and we'll point you to the right way in.
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